The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-05 00:00:00

MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Lord Brougham has been elected Lord Rector of Marischal College and University this day. He was opposed by Lord Lyndhurst, and Mr. Colquhoun, M.P. I have no time to give you the particulars, but the announcement of the fact will no doubt give as great satisfaction to the friends of Re form in England, as it has done here. The election closed at two o'clock. Aberdeen, March 1, 1838. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LONDON. The Committee met again to-day at 11 o'clock. Mr. James was called and examined by Mr. Warren—Was Secondary of the City of London, and acted as Deputy Sheriff at the last election. All the matters relative to the expenses were transacted through his clerk. Mr. Hudson, clerk to the last witness—The Secondary at all elections required a deposit for the expenses of the election. On the last occa sion Mr. Croucher paid him 2001.; he applied for the deposit on the account of the four Reform candidates, and he also applied to Mr. Gregory on the part of Mr. Palmer. He applied to these gentle men because they were very active for the respective candidates. He received the balance of accounts from Mr. Travers at the Reform Association in Basinghall-street. . Cross-examined by Mr. RUSHTON—Mr. Travers was the Chairman 01 the City Reform Club, where he received the cheque. Mr. Walters, the landlord of the Guildhall Coffee-house.— His rooms were taken at the time of the election for the Re form candidates. He saw Mr. Travers on the subject. He did not think he called upon Mr. Joseph Croucher respecting the rooms ; he saw him frequently on the business of the elec tion, but he did not remember speaking to him about the rooms, though he might have done so, as it was likely enough. When be went into the country he left word that his rooms were ten to be let without some communication being had with Mr. Croucher. On the morning of his return to town he saw Mr. Travers, and signed an agreement with him for the rooms, at Si. es. a day. There were other rooms used during the election, but they were not taken by Mr. Croucher. He was paid by Mr. Travers. He thought it was 130/., and was paid by a cheque. Ho could not swear that he had not seen Mr. Croucher about the money, but he thought not. Cross-examined—His rooms had been used by the Reformers on former occasions, and that was the reason why he left word that they should not be let without speaking to Mr. Croucher. Never, either directly or in directly, made any agreement, or received any money from the sitting Members. Be a Member—His was a large establishment, and he was a wine. Merchant as well, and after the lapse of a few months he did not know how his bills were paid, whether in notes or cheques. Robert Mabery—Served a summons upon Mr. Olding, a clerk in the banking-house of Rogers, Twogood, and Co. ; he had given him notice to attend that morning ; he said he could not attend for all the Speakers in the world, for he had other business to attend to. Stephen Olding was then called but did not appear. The Committee did not think the notice was given in good time, how ever, they sent a messenger to the house, commanding his presence forthwith. Mr. Barker, the newspaper agent for advertisements.—He received a slumber of orders respecting advertisements for the London election. Ile was out of town when the first order was given, but on his return he saw Mr. Tijou, who told him to repeat the advertisements. He received a letter from Mr. Stevens ordering more advertisements. He knew Mr. Travers' handwriting, but he had seen very little of it. He did not think a paper put into his hand was written by Mr. Travers. R. T. Perkins knew the two Crouchers. On the 10th July he was at the Ship, Charing-cross, where he saw J. H. Croucher and Mr. Croucher. He was then waiting for employment, and Mr. Croucher ordered him to go with J. H. Croucher to the London Tavern, where there was a meeting of Reformers in the interest of the sitting Members. He went there, and the four candidates were present. Mr. Croucher came there and went into the private Committee-room, into which also went the candidates. After the meeting they all returned to the private room. Mr. H. C. ordered him to go to the Guildhall Cof feehouse. He waited till nine o'clock, when he was ordered to attend went morning at six o'clock. He attended, and the Crouchers were there constantly getting things ready for the meeting of the General Committee, which was to be held in the evening. Mr. Travers was the regular Chairman. Mr. Croueher ordered them to get boxes ready for the District Committee, and ordered them to be sent out as the Committees were formed. Ile also ordered witness to en gage two houses ; one in Clerkenwell, and one in Isling ton. He was appointed Secretary to the Committee in Clerkenwell. He knew Mr. Tijou's room, and on the 12th July lie was put at the door of that room, and was to admit only the four candidates, Mr. Tijou Mr. Travers, and Mr. Croucher—all others were to be an nounced. The orders in general were given by Ir. Tijou and Mr. e teucher. He received a guinea a day for his services, and was paid LS' Mr. Croucher. Cross-examined by Mr. IlleatsoN.—The meeting at the London Tavern was a public one, and for the purpose of raising fu nds for the election of Reform candidates. When he announced any one to Mr. Tijon, they were always admitted, and th ough he had called it a private room, he never knew ani , one refused admittance. He was now collecting clerk to Mr. Doily, a fruit merchant. He had been on several el e ctions with Mr. Croucher. Did not see Mr. Gregory till a very long time after the elec_ too ; he was applied to by him, to see if ho would assist in case there 'eas any opposition to the election of Alderman Cowan to the Mayoralty. It was in the middle of October before he spoke to him respecting the London election. Mr. Gregory asked him if he would have any objec tion to be engaged on the scrutiny; he took a month to consider of it, and then having nothing to do, he agreed to assist, but he did not begin till November.; Mr. Jolly was Chairman Of Mr. Palmer's Committee, and he retained him in his service. He lot the situation from Mr. Jolly after the election, and after he told Mr. Jolly that Mr. Gregory wanted bins to assist in the scrutiny. He eras paid el. a week as collecting clerk ; he got nothing else for making the inquiries respecting the poll. He had seen Mr. Gregory since, and his evidence was taken down. He wished to remark that he never gave 41, Y information until he was told that Tyler a nd Thomson had lod g ed an ; 2kneation against him for his acts in the election. The y had all °.w n in black and white, and he said as an : honest man he could not de ny it was true. He was then giving his evidence a g ainst his old master, because he was obliged. When making his inquiries he told e that he came on the part of the Conservative Association'on behalf of Mr. Palmer. R,. the Comers-me—Had received some messages from Mr. Parkes, end had seen Mr. J. H. Croucher. Sir, O'Brien was called, and was under examination when our re. Porter left. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME The Committee met this morning at Eleven o'Clock. question was asked the witness Broomhall en Saturday whether ; J oseph Bantle had given him anything. (r. TimisToss objected to the question, and a discussion took place !Getween Counsel. The Committee now directed the room to be cleared, and in about an hour Counsel and agents were called in, when T he CualamaN announced that the Committee had decided that the ,t,estion might be put. 4 i)oruhall was then called in, and stated that he had received a shit. iih f rorn Joseph Bailey, who was a canvasser on the part of Mr. Mil ' Bailey said he had filled his pockets twice that morning, and had l a Ptied them again. He also received Ss. from a man named Rudger. 1 4011 told him he would give him W. each if he voted for Miller and e r , ii°ll eY. He was to receive between Si. and 9/. altogether. 4 mu-examined—l was a runner for Mr. Badnall durin g the election, "a e verybody knew it. I had a list of voters to look ' after. Knows ,4 . part named G r i n d a ll, a friend of Mr. Badnall. He might have s aid );.. rt t he would get 501. from Grindall if he swore bribery against Miller's 7 , but it was only in answer to troublesome questions which p eo p le e re constantly putting to him. YOUGHALL. a fter hearing further arguments this morning, as the vote o f John c tier's Counsel John, a freeman, objected to on Saturday by the sitting mem. Counsel, on the ground of non-residence, the Committee decided ;avour of the vote. appeared that although the voter went from Youghall to Cork, to i in duct his master' s b u siness, yet, lie returned to the borough before the elect ion, his stay in Cork having from the first been intended to be on l y ` l4 Porary. ' ?Ie vote of Christopher Frederick Musgrave, freeman, was objected D . ) the sitting Member, on the ground of non-residence. It was shown ;I v !' the voter, who it a gentleman of fortune, and brother to Sir Richard 11;8.,.sgrave, was travelling on the Continent for more than six months 10:ture the election, and that during that time he did not retain his k i ! i ngs in the borough. In defence of the vote it inn set up, that 1,1 1 , 1 Musgrave had for six years no other residence but Youghal, and his temporary absence was occasioned only by bad health. The vote was struck off. BELFAST. tn h Committee met this morning at the usual hour, and proceed ed t he conside ra ti on o f M r . Dunbar's qualification. He claimed to ( 1 -, ‘ i: al ifY out of a rent- c h ar ge of 3501. a year, granted by his uncle out of `aids h eld in fee simple, and 81 acres of the lands of Glanmore in the :'„ U ntY of Londonder r y, which were stated to be worth 5,0001. The ,; 44 . 1 ification w as i m p eac h e d o n the ground that the lands out of ch tho rent-charge was granted were so heavily encumbered with °r tgages, judgments, and annuities, as to be insufficient to bear the air. POLLOCK was heard at great length against the qualification, and called several witnesses. TAUNTON. The Committee were engaged this morning for about an h our and a h alf in re-considering their decision of Saturday , as to what constitutes tae right of a potwaller at Taunton. The Chairman at length an 40,4aced that the Committee had come to a resolution, which was to the 1 - ` l "ring effect :—That the right of votin g is in resident potwallers having a residence in the parish of Taunton, St. Mary Magdalen ; and the a potwaer, -according to the House usage of Commons, is of the said Borough, n e and hether within , b leaning o ll f the last decision of the o, wo tiseholder or lodger, who has th e sole dominion over a room. vi; ! ow 11 a fireplace in it, and who furnishes and cooks his own diet at his fir n fireplace, or at some other fireplace within the same house, at which qi e e Pace he has a legal right to do so; and who has actually cooked his te.i .tt such fire. To entitle the potwaller to the vote, he must also have : l ed within the ancient borough for six months previous to the day p,. e . "1 " , according to the .6th Geo. 111., c. 100, s. 1. sa av : i n cis Day was objected to by the petitioner, on the ground of re_ 41 q44 1:. The Commute struck off the vote, thereby malting the parties CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. of a r niierable, poverty-stricken man, named Robi enson, He rt le „, a handkerchief, the property of James Dat by. v." , indispo se d as t o b e una bl e during his trial to stand, and a chair allowed him. Th e it h ott scot net said, in consequence of his state of he alth he would der livinish him so severely as the offence deserved. Ire would o nl y or dothi'ln to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months, and hosp it t m t he first month of that period he would be admitted into the erm . „ - , eurt was oacupied the remainder of the morning with a case of the as which possessed no public interest. NEW COURT. • (efore Mr. Sergeant ARA arm.) Itelvilli .. 'on Heath and William Crowley, privates iu the Rifle Brigade, . 1 7n 1 dicted f or steal i ng a groove plane, the property of S. W. Ives. 4 Li s h e Prosecutor deposed that on Thursday last the prisoners came to and : 446 for a pot of beer, and shortly after they left he missed the plane hi 0 otrie other articles out of the cupboard. ioCeSirnon stated that the prisoners g ave him the pane, and told thip i , to to a p aw nbroker's and get ss. up on it. It was, however, the y " at the pawnbroker's ; and woen he inforrna the prisoners of it t heir With him to the pawnbroker, and stated that the plane was Throperty. Ns . Pa wnbroker corroborated what had been stated by the last wit. Den t tor usPecting that the article had not been honestly come by, lie w ere not Policeman, upon whose arrival the prisoners ran away, and a pprehended till the following morning. Dlit he aile " ti rY returned a verdict of Guilty, a nd the Cour t sentenced the the "to eight months' hard labour in the House of Correction for " ti !UY of Kent. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The past weeks' arrival of both Grain and Flour, were middling, and the trade remained without change, as business was transacted only to a moderate extent. This morning the fresh supplies at market, are rather less than the previous Monday. The millers being much in want of fine dry Wheat, purchased the few samples that appeared, at full is. per quarter advance, on last week's terms; and all other qualities have maintained previous prices, with a slow sale, as the condition is so ten der. Barley continues to make a slow sale at former prices. Beans, if dry, obtain rather more money. Pease of both kinds remain dull at previous quotations. The Oat-trade is firm at the terms of this day se'nnight. The millers showed some disposition to advance the top price of flour to-day, but it was ultimately settled at the former prices. PRICES •N BOARD •F SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) 513. 53s Beans, Small (new) 369 38s -White (old). ..... ...COL 184. -- (old) 42..4'5. -Red l8:37) 44s. 43s - Tick (new) 233 31s. --- Fine 523. 553. - (old) 385.58.. Superfine sed. 625. - narrow (new) 3 9 3.345. -White (1837) 453. 545. Fine s6s. 6144. Brant: 323.361. -- Superfine 625. 653 Oats, Feed --Foreign free.. 509 68s. Rye 308. 341. - Poland --.4 ~ Barley 0 2s. 255. New 20..2 4 -. - Grinding 2.5 s Os. - Potatee 263.28.. - Malting ,....30x.34.. Malt 465. 545, - Scotch 24r.274. - Fine New 565. 60s. - Irish 17*. Pease, Grey, New 30s. 31s. Flour Town (per sack) 509.52 , , - Maple New .323 V3s. - Vecends 45;.488. - White 355. 355. - North Country 42s 44s - Boilers 375. 383 Bran 3, 9. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEV. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1' 14 ut English Irish - 2:35 7,8.6 Foreign ... ........ - - - -, SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. A short supply, but the demand considerable. The consequence was, an advance of full 2d. per stone on Beef and Mutton. The quality of the stock today generally good. There is no great quantity of Meat now amongst the butchers, and if supplies be not larger, pi ices will be higher. Veal and Pork wore not higher, but quite as dear as on last day. PRICES FEE STONE OF SLB. TO SINK THE OFFA LS. s. d. to s. d. Interior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 ?rime large Oxon 3 0 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 4 V 5 4 erline small ditto 5 6 6 0 Suckling Calves (each) 17 0 35 I s. d. to s. d. Inferior Sheep 3 I 8 2 Second quality ditto. 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 316 4 4 Southdown Wethers Large Hogs 3 2 4 8 Small Porkers . Quarter old Pig feach, o 20 SUFFLY AT MARKET. Roasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pies 2,731 25,C55 IQ2 L 32 NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, toy the Carcass. s d. tog. d. Beef, inferior... ........ .... 210 3 I Mutton, inferior - middling ...... ..... 3 2 3 4 middling - prime large 3 4 3 6 prime - prime small 3 $ SlO Pork, large Veal PROVISION MARKET. s d.tos d. 34 3 6 3 il 310 310 4 0 32 4 0 4 it 5 6 Stocks heavy on the whole, and trade dull. The arrivals are also Lirge. No alteration in prices of any kind. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Fish today in good supply, and prices lower for some sorts. Turbot ss. to 21s. ; Soles 6d. to 2s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters Is. to 3s. each ; Cod Is. 6d. to 10s. ; Whiting 2d. to Is. No Haddock. Salmon Os. per lb. Trade not to be complained of. _ TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. to-day was 50c SEED MARKET. Clover Seed to-day was dull of sale. Other kinds without variation. Arrived, 2,260 quarters of Foreign Linseed. COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET. With the exception of business for export, trade is flat just now, and the Market must be regarded as dull. There are no publie sales to-day of produce, and for the week there is not much advertised at prtsent. The chief sales are those of Mauritius, Siam, and Bengal Sugar, St. Do mingo and East India Coffee, and East India Rice. These are large sales. That of Mauritius Sugar and St. Domingo comes on to.mor row. The cause of the Markets being dull for consumption is the great arrival of goods at the Customs after the breaking up of the frost. The imports now are slender COUNTRY C ORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Beans. Pease. ter Quarter. Carlisle Hexham. Niorpeth Penrith Sheffield . Winchester Per Bushel. Carmarthen-. Cowbridge. Newcastle (Staff.) Narthallerton Stone-- Svraniea Warwick Per 8011. Barnardcastle Durham Richmond , Stockton -. Wheat. i Barley. i Oats. Y. to s. I x. to L 61 30 56 64 29 35 50 59 23 32 s. ts s. 24 27 22 30 30 59 30 58 64 ' 27 33 s. d. d. s. s. d. 8 9 7 4 3 E 40, 70 7 6 3 6 00 1 60 7 9 3 6 40' 60 73 30 43 1 0 8 6 4 0 4 8 5 6 7 0 3 6 4 0 90 110 38 46 I3Q 160 06 90 120 153 7 0 89 13 0 17 0 7 0 120 14 0 S 3 8 6 22 2• . i s. d. s. d. 30 40 20 3 0 30 32 33 40 3 0 3 4 2S 26 20 33 54 60 1 53 79 50 8 0 50 8 0 DERBY CORN MARKET, Mane!' 3. s 41 34 56 42 44 46 g. EL 6 0 oei 56 00 50 53 56 60' 60 67 00 00 56 60 9 0 10 el 100 11 ( 96 7 6 ki s. to s. :IV 34 as n 40 c 4 0) OP 00 09 HO OS VO 00 0 0 00 00 00 00 00 76 1 1 0 Ei 6 9 9 0 o f 0 Our market yesterday was well attended, and we had a good chew of samples of all sort of Grain. Oats rather scarce. Fine Wheat and Barley fully supported last week's prices. Fine Wheat 575, to 60s. : Barley 31s. to 345. ; Grinding ditto 265. to 28s. ; Oats 20s. to 265. ; Old Beans 425. to 455. ; New ditto 30s. to 345. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET, MARca 3. The Canals not being yet thoroughly open and the wind having con_ tinned easterly, our supplies this week are small. Stocks, however, being now much reduced, we have had a moderate enquiry for all articles at al pt the rates of last week. At Liverpool and Wakefield yesterday no material alteration in prices, with a limited demand. At our Exchange to-day buyers seemed inclined to wait an increase of supply, and tales of all articles were confined to retail parcels at the prices of this day week. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, Minos 17. We had a moderate supply of Wheat at our Market to.day from the growers, but good coasting arrivals, and the whole was in fair re. quest at the rates of this day se'nnight. The arrivals of Barley from Norfolk and Suffolk exceed the demand, and prices must be noted full Is. per quarter lower ; indeed inferior samples are quite neglected, though offered even at a further decline. Oats were in moderate sup. ply, and good samples being wanted for seed obtained Is. per quarter snore money. Malt continues to meet a very slow sale at late prices. In Rye, Beans, or Peas, we can note no material change. The arrivals of Flour are large, and our quotations can with difficulty be realised. New. Wheat, Northumberland sss. 595. s2s. 60 .1 -- Norfolk and Suffolk... ......... 54.5. 00s 56, 62, Berwick and Scotch s3s. a —s Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 3ls 34s —s —s. Foreign —B. —s —s. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 30s. 34s —s. —a. Grinding and Feeding 2ls. 2as Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s2s 57s —a. Beans, Small —B. —s 3ss 3tis. Tick --s. —s. 32s. 31s. st: Pease, White 365. 405..... —B. —.4. Gray 30s 32s —a. —s. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 2ls. 24s -------- Feed -- Foreign Flour (per sack) —s. —s 4ls. 455. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET—March 2. Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk —s, 50s. to —s. fine Mc. -------- Lin. and Cam. ------- Yorkshire .B. —s. to 50s. fine 54.. ---- Viihite ,4. —s. 525. to 565. fine 625. ---- Foreign, Ned —s. —a. to —s. fine —s. ..-------- White —s. —s. to --s. nne —s. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ---- Lincolnshire ------ Yorkshire Wold Foreign Beans, Small ---- Tick Oats, Potato 22s. to 245. fine 21;s. --. Poland —s. 225. to '23s. fine 30i. --- Friezland and Small —s. 20s. to 235. line 265. -- !dealing Sholling Malt —s. 365. fine 40s. per Load. Rapeseed SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oati. beaus. Oatmeal. 36 to 4t '22 to 25 33 42 18 21 32 36 21 24 48 56 26 31 4S 59 30 33 50 60 24 32 5d 56 28 34 48 172 ( 1 37 42 23 31 50 56 23 26 ;e: of the measure vari, EDIi , IBURC We had a very large suppl; CORN • of all kind: MA It KET. s of Grain to- rather quick. Wheat. Barley. First 66s. Od. 335. 641. Second 54 0 30 0 third Average price of Wheat PRICES OF PROVISIONS, Beef, per lb. Os. Mutton Veal 0 0 Lamb, per qr. —l2 Quartern Loaf U Fotatoes, 141 b. 0 4d. to Os ud., 4 0 6 8 0 10 5 0 6 0 i 5 0 0 42 0 8 0 8j 5 0 0 . —Feb. 28 -day, and thl e sale; were Oats. Pease. Rears 29s 4d. 33. i. Od. aSs Od 22 0 36 6 3t; u 19 4 34 0 34 0 21 17,. lod. Fresh Butter, C. 10 to 1i 01, Salt Ditto—.— 0 10 1 t Ditto, per cat... 0 100 0 Eggs, per doz. 0 V 1 0 OatStr.%%itle.).— 7 6 s 1 0 Wheat Ditto ....... 6 (3 8 0 Barley Ditto 6 6 7 0 Ilayoterst...—..— 0 10 1 0 EDINBURGH MEA. There was a middling supply 01 sales were rasher heavy. Per Sack of 28011). Fist Oatmeal Second ditto B.srleymeai 1 D 0 Peasemea , . 1 6 6 rot Barley—No. 1, pet cwt. 124.-21, L MARKET.—Feb. 47. ;atmeal at this day's market, and th Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto Barley meal l'easemeal 145.--3,1.16 . --4th,lB,—Pktat I, Vb. GLASGOW CORN A moderate business doing In ( Wheat, ?er 24011). S. d. s. d. British, old `2.o 0 to 23 0 new l•5 0 29 0 Canada, tree 3O 0 31 0 Irish Barley, par 3201 b English 0 0 Scottish 22 0 25 0 Irish MA RKET.—Feb. 28. ;rain ; little alteration in prices. Oats, per :26410. 8. a. S. Irish l5 0 to 18 0 British Beans, pet 2601 b. English Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 b Fleur, per 9.801 b 45 0 48 0 )RNWALL MARKETS. :ulated at '24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. Oat,. Truro ........... Elelstone St. Austell Bodmin Liskeard Launceston Carnelford Peurance s. d. is s. d. s, d. is d. s. d. to s. u. 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 10 ,0 0 20 0 — 0 9 8 " 2 0 0 20 0 0 9 6 • 8 0 19 6 • 9 0 8 6 0 17 0— 0 9 6 0 7 6 0 19 6 0 90— 0 0 0 16 0 19 0— 0 10 0 7 0 8 0 19 0 21 01— 0 I 1 0— 0 9 0 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 3. Our Cotton market continues extremely inanimate. -7 .1 7 1; sales are of a very limited character , t he entire business not exceeding 2,000 hales. No change in prices has occurred 1,700 American (it to Total since yest er d ay. 801 Bahia 71 to 100 Egyptian t 2, gy o pt o i o ai: 111 ; 1‘.20 Surat 4f to 51 MINING INTELLIGI NCE. Tons. Cwt. Qrs 2,5711 197 0 0 uQuuaair,ittiittyy of f f tiC,c,gppce,:spOpi;7. sold Average Produce Amount of Sale, 14,755'. ISs. 6cL—Average Standard,lo3/. fie. Od. BRISTOL, SUGAR-MAKET, MARCH 2.-Our sugar-market has been very inactive, from the operation of the same causes which we adverted to in our last. A mo derate business has been done at rather lower prices ; aid our opinion, that they will gradually decline, remains unchanged. We have to report the arrival of another cargo of Demeraras. 15 to 19 15 21 16 19 IS 22 20 25 17 21 20 22 14 21 20 23 20 22 s througl, to 30 31 `'3 39 32 33 28 45 49 43 22 25 qa the country Atierdeon Berwick Coldstream Cupar Dundee Elgin Inverness Kelso .. ..... Kirkaldy Perth k Tha size 3! to 33 3ti THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1838. SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY- HALF YEARLY MEETING. At the third half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the Southampton Dock Company, held at the George and Vultur Tavern, George-yard, Lombard-street, on Tuesday the 27th of February, 1838, Joseph Liggins, Esq., in the Chair, the annexed Report was read, approved and adopted : REPORT. " The Directors exceedingly regret, on meeting the Pro prietors at their third half-yearly meeting, that they cannot announce the commencement of the great and interesting work for which they have been associated ; but that, on the the contrary, the unpleasant duty is imposed upon them of stating, that the call of 21. 10s. per share, which was made before the last half-yearly meeting, remains unpaid, in the pro portion of more than one-half, notwithstanding the support liven to the Directors at that meeting, in the course of which :hey had deemed it advantageous to the Company to pursue in making the call. " Under other circumstances such a result could not fail to check the exertions of any body of Directors, feeling for their own honour, and for the credit of those whom they represent; but as the proposal to make commercial docks at Southampton,origi_ ginated in a clear perception and strong feeling of the bene ficial consequences with which the measure was, and is full, fraught, they continue firm in their intention to uphold and promote the undertaking, knowing that many of the proprie tcrs, even amongst those by whom the call remains unpaid, are firmly attached to the measure, and defer the payment of the call only until they can be assured that the work is about to proceed ; and knowing also, which is still more interesting, that the highest opinion prevails in its favour amongst large bodies of persons abundantly able to supply the means of car ryidg out the object of the Company to a completion, includ ing many who are deeply interested in its accomplishment. " In this view of the undertaking, and in the expedience of proceeding to the immediate execution of the works of one Jock, they are confirmed by the information of which they are possessed from an authentic source, respecting the London and Southampton Railway, and which is as follows : " Although the long continuance of frost has rendered it impossible to proceed to the laying down the permanent rails, it is, nevertheless, yet probable that the line for the first twenty-four miles from London will be opened on the Ist of May next ; and under no conceivable state of circumstances can it be necessary to postpone the opening much beyond that time. It has been promised to open the line to Basingstoke next spring; exertions are, however, being made to open the line to within a short distance of that town in October next— and there are very strong grounds for believing it will be effected. The line from Winchester to Southampton will be opened at the same time. A very able contractor has en gaged to I.ave the line finished lastween Basings'oke and Win chester in the spring of 1840, and the progress now making in that district gives strong assurance that his engagement will be fulfilled. It is almost unnecessary to add, that this will complete the entire line, and that the funds of the Company are sufficient for the purpose. " The Dock Proprietors will not however be dependent on the conveyance of goods by the Railway to and from the Metropolis to the extent, or in the degree, sometimes sup posed. On the contrary, it must be evident, even on a slight consideration of the subject, that the whole line of coast from Dover to the Land's-end, comprehending a large proportion of the supply of the country adjacent to nearly 300 miles of coast, would have recourse to Southampton, in preference to London, for every bulky description of import, whilst the out fit of a ship, and the export trade, so far as they consist in the produce of the soil, would find more ready and cheaper means of supply in the country, east, west and north of Southampton, than London could afford ; and to this is to be added, the mineral products and manufactures of the western counties, some part of the trade with Ireland, and by far the larger part of the trade with France. In fine, it must be self-evident that the dangers, expense, and delay of the nerrovv seas, the Downs, and the Thames, will not be encountered, merely to produce a recurrence of the same dangers, expense and delay in carrying back the goods to the ports they have passed, thus creating one difficulty for the mere purpose of having to contend with a second of a similar kind. " If any thing could be necessary to confirm the opinion en tertained in favour of commercial docks at Southampton, the experience of the last two months would be conclusive on the subject. How many ships in the river Thames during that period have been arrested by the frost and east wind, when, had they been fitted and laden at Southampton instead of Lon don, the same wind would have carried them by a rapid pas sage to the southward and westward. During this delay, and in less time, every ship that has beer, in this situation of diffi • culty might have performed an outward voyage to the West Indies ; and when released from the obstruction by a change 0, wind to the westward, the merchant and ship-owner still has too often to contend with winds adverse to the passage d.iwn Channel. It may be added, that both Southampton water and the river Itchen have been free from interruption by ice during the whole of the winter. " Southampton then, with commercial docks, will un doubtedly be assisting to the trade of London in a ♦ery im portant degree, and the railway will most materially conduce to that end ; but it is at the same time clear, that, drawing supplies from the whole of the western counties, distributing imports for the consumption of a large part of that extensive division of the kingdom, and commanding from its position a part of tha trade with Ireland, and nearly the whole of the trade with France, that port, in the present freedom of trade, even without regard to the railway, must enjoy an extensive commerce. But it has, notwithstanding, been shown that re liance may be placed on the completion of the railway ; and, consequently, that whatever may be the resources of the port of Southampton, irrespectively of that measure, the expectation of the advantages originally contemplated with reference to the docks from its accomplishment, remains undisturbed. Southampton is so favourably situate, as to command cast and %test a great line of coast on both sides the channel, and to possess at the same time, the capability (with the use of a railway) of relieving a large part of the trade of London from the great difficulties with which it has now to contend, not to dwell upon the advantages which it will afford to the merchant and shipowner of Liverpool and other out-ports, and generally to the interior of the kingdom, as railways shall be further xtended. " To provide for the possible case of its becoming neces sary to carry a Bill into Parliament, for an extension of the time allowed by the Act of Incorporation, for making the first duck, and inclosing the dock land, the Directors have taken the precautionary measure of presenting a petition to Parlia ment for leave to do so; but they now address the Proprietors, in the confidence that the immediate prosecution of the work will render it unnecessary to take more thon the preliminary steps in that respect ; and they trust they have now only to experience the cheerful and zealous co-operation of the Pro prietors in the work in which they arc engaged ; compre hensive in its design, great in the important and interesting, consequences by which its successful prosecution must be ex_ tended, but gradual in the steps proposed to be taken for its final and full consummation. The objects proposed are, to enclose two hundred acres of land, the most eligible in the kingdom, for the purpose of making commercial docks, ap propriating at present one-fourth part of the land only to that purpose, and holding the remaining three-fourths in reserve, to be appropriated to the like purpose, as may from time to time be required, for the accommodation of the trade of the kingdom. " To the consideration of the plan of the first or western dock, much time and attention have been devoted, and it is highly satisfactory to the Directors to be enabled to state, that the ground having been well examined, and a specification of the work completed by the engineer, they have assented to the terms proposed to them by an able contractor, for the execu tion of the works of that dock, subject only to the funds being supplied by the Proprietors, to carry that contract into effect. In arranging the terms of this contract, they have experienced the advantage of engagements which they had previously en tered into with Proprietors of the Isle of Wright, for the sup ply of stone and other materials, and especially, so far as they ran judge, of the judicious method proposed by the engineer for the construction of the works, and which appears to them to combine the attainment of massive solidity with the most careful regard to economy. " The Directors cannot close this Report without paying a mournful tribute of respect to the memory of the late Secr etary to the Company, Captain Edward Loney Stephens, R. N. To that officer the country is largely indebted for the part he took in promoting this measure. The Directors bear willing testimony to his zeal, intelligence, constancy, and per severance, and whilst they regret to have been deprived of his able assistance, they lament more deeply that he has not been spared to witness the completion of an object with which they trust his name will be associated; and with regard to which, his merits cannot be too highly appreciated. " It is provided by the Act of Incorporation, that at the present half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors, four vacancies shall be declared in the direction, to be filled up by the re election of those who may retire, or otherwise, as it may happen. It is further provided, that the number of Directors may be reduced, under the resolution of any half-yearly general meeting, from sixteen to not less than twelve ; and the Directors being of opinion that twelve are sufficient for the purpose of managing the affairs of the Company, recommend that the number of Directors be reduced accordingly, from sixteen to twelve. " JOSEPH LIGGINS, Chairman. " Southampton Dock Office, London, " February 27, 1838." Shares, 51. paid ; 2 to 11 prem. LADY STEPNEY'S NEW NOVEL, " THE COUR TIEII'S DAUGHTEII."—If we arc not misinformed the new Novel from the popular pen of Lady Stepney is to break entirely new ground in the region of fashionable fiction. We are assured that it boldly steps into the very heart of the Court circle of the Regent at the commencement of the present century, and introduces the reader, personally, to that brilliant Prince, the excellent Queen, his mother, and those illustrious relatives who formed, and many of whom still form, so bright a galaxy round our young and lovely Queen. Who the parti cular " Courtio s" may be, and the " Courtier's Daughter," who, form the ostensible characters of the story, is more than we can pretend to divine ; but there can be little doubt that tie chief of them are from the life, and will be immediately recognised as such. About a fortnight since, Alice Hilton, a married woma n living in Church street, Middleton, sent a little girl to a s hop for a pennyworth o f magnesia. Hilton took the powder, vomited, and soon afterwards became very ill. Mr. Dickens, surgeon, was sent for and said that she had taken mercury; she became in a sad state of salivation, and although every assistance has been rendered, she remains in a very dangerous state ; she is far advanced in pregnancy. It appears 'he shopkeeper mistook the powder, and gave th e g i r l mer cury instead of magnesia, COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and her august mother attended Divine Ser vice yesterday morning, at the New Palace. The Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, officiated, and the Bishop of London preached the sermon. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes terday. . . _ Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the Duchess of Suther land, the Marchioness of Tavistock, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, honoured Covent-garden Theatre with her presence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yesterday morning, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The musical service was Boyce in A., the Sanctus and Commandments (Rogers), and the Anthem " 0, come Holy Ghost" ( Att wood. ) The Bishop of Salisbury preached the sermon. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Her Majesty was at tended by Lady Clinton, Miss Hudson, and Earl Howe. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough-house. The Duchess of Kent visited the Princess Augusta on Saturday, at her residence in St. James's Palace. The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Prin cess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yester day morning, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at the New Palace. The Princess Augusta visited the Duke of Sussex on Satur day, at Kensington Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baron ' Knesebeck, honoured Lord and Lady Francis Egerton with their company at dinner on Saturday, at Bridgewater-house. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta yes terday. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Marqais of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Lord Chancellor ar rived soon ofter three o'clock. The Council sat three hours and a half. Mr. Hodges, M P., and Colonel Seale had interviews with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday, in Downing-street. Mr.!Gillon, Mr. Berkeley, Mr. Bruges, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Denistoun, Mr. Gore Langton, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Busfeild, Mr. Cunliff• Lister, Lord Sandon, Mr. Ord, Lord Grosvenor, and a de putation of soap-manufacturers, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, in Downing. street, respecting the repeal of the duty. The Rev. R. Alder and the Rev. J. Jones had an interview with Lord Glenelg on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. The Grecian Minister transacted business on Saturday, at the Foreign Office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, from Sir J. C. Smith, Governor of British Guiana. The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on Saturday, at Lansdowne House. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir G. Noel and family, at the London Hotel, Albemarle street, from Scotland; Joseph Auldjo, Esq., and family, at ditton, from Nymegen ; J. Applejohn, Esq., at ditto, from Grulthorpe Lodge, Essex; Mr. S. Wale and Mr. Rarcher, at ditto, from Dusseldorf ; Captain Bridgman and family, at ditto, from Rotterdam ; Mr. and Mrs. Dering, in Chapel street, Grosvenor -square, from Brighton ; Colonel Sir Rich. Armstrong, in Charlotte -street, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baring and family, at their new residence, in Berke ley-square; Lord Teynham, in Jermyn-street; Lord Rivers, in Upper Belgrave-street, from Ashley Hall, Essex; Lord Tenterden, in Portman-square, from Hendon House ; the Earl of Powis, in Berkeley-square ; the Earl and Countess of Rosen, in Belgrave..square ; the Earl and Countess of Ripon and family, in Carlton Gardens; Lord Western, in South street, Park-lane, from Felix Hall, Essex; Major General Lord Saltoun, in Cumberland-place ; the Earl of Verulam, in Grosvenor-square, from Combe Abbey ; Lord Jocelyn, from the Duke of 13eaufort's, Badminton Park ; the Earl and Countess of Huntingdon, in Green-street, Park-lane, from Clashmore, county Waterford; Lady Anstruther, in Chapel street, Belgrave-square ; Major Anstruther, in Norfolk -street, Park-lane, from the North ; the Hon. Major Baring, in Stan hope-street, Park-lane. DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, from the Lansdowne Hotel, Dover -street, from Paris ; the Hon. Miss Macdonald, from ditto, for ditto; General and Mrs. Armstrong, from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Brighton ; J. Sha dowly, from ditto, for Denmark; Mrs. Fox and family, from ditto ; the Rev. Mr. Balls, from ditto, for Cork; Mrs. Garthwaite, from ditto, for Buxton. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Encouraged by the success which has attended him in Hamlet and Richard 111., Mr. C. Kean, on Saturday evening, appeared as Sir Giles Overeach, in Massinger's play of A New Way to Pay Old Debts. This play, though not marked by very profound depth of character, is a proof how much of dramatic interest may be evolved from the inci dents of common life, working upon and displaying the multiform traits of human nature. The character of Sir Giles (like that of Shylock in the Merchant of Venice), stands out in dark and prominent relief from the lighter portions of the play; and by the strength and intensity of its passions alone, exhibited in a simple and unexaggerated story, is in. vested with almost tragic interest. Sir Giles is the Richard 111. of domestic life—speaking, of course, of Cibber's Richard. The elements of character are much the same, though operated upon by different cir cumstances, and therefore assuming a different aspect. If Richard ap_ pear the loftier villain. it is because he moves in a higher sphere. The ambition which, as " great men have greater sins," prompts him to seek " the crown, that bright reward of ever daring minds," finds in Sir Giles " the ne ultra of its proudest hopes," in au alliance with noble rank. The " crook_back'd Richard" scents, perhaps, more heroic in his crimes, mur dering Princes and grasping an usurped seeptre, but equally "without re_ morseor dread" the insatiable rapacity which is ever adding to its ill-gotten store, undeterred by " widows' cries and orphans' tears." And deeply in. Wresting is that stern unconquerable strength of passion, directed with unflinching devotedness to the attainment of one long cherished object influencing every thought, engrossing every energy, and converting all the "compunctious visitings" of conscience into marble-hearted in sensibility ; and terribly impressive is the lesson of retributive justice beheld in the convulsions of a nature crushed by the weight of its own iniquities. The similarity between the characters naturally renders the transi. tiun from the one to the other proportionably less difficult. And we were not, therefore, at all surprised when we found Mr. Charles bean's personation of Sir Giles fully equalled, if not surpassed, his delineation of Richard,—which, it may be recollected, we preferred, on t h e whole, to his Haml e t. Th e character of Sir Giles (as we obser ved of Richard III .) is one strongly and broadly marked, and requires rather force and vi g our, tha n refinement and deli- which e has much appeared varied ; by s t r iking than in either o f th e ot h er two characters aecttoirn)g is o f s . the l i p k a e r part ( i t s h f e at h reading ees o that i t cannot c iw : i t e c tl y lh o se f p ea e xr x te) p e r il e ll es, ndr resemblance to his fath er ( w h o was so powerful s n and in this species of character M r. K ean cannot e In there is little field for criticism. The cool, half j o cular manner in which lie reveals to Marra!! h is p lans for ruinin g his neighbour, and his anti. wii be arid any ltis actor) cipatory t r iumph at the prospect of an " Honourable, right honourable daughter!" were admirable. He was particularly effective in those parts where Sir Giles suddenly assumes the veil of dissimulation, as where he changes the accents of impetuous tyranny, for the tones of sub. slued humility—in his address to " the Lord Lovell;" or the rapid tran. sltion from the fierce exclamation to his daughter— " Ha! tears in your eyes! Rah I dry 'c m — quickly, or I'll dig 'em o u t . Thi n k what it is to be my honourable daughter. No more ! or else ex p ect " -- to the easy politen ess with which he introduces her to " his Lord_ the change from constrained cordiality towa r d s hi s ship." Or, again* nephew, .. My nephew has been Too long a stranger," to smothered rage at Marall, " We shall reckon for this hereafter." Excellent also WAS the some with Lovell, when, in calm language, he explains his villainous p ro j ects, and boasts— •• When my ears are pierc'd with widows' cries, And undone orphans wash with tears my threshold, I only think what 'tis to have my slaughter Right Honourable; and it is a powerful charm, Makes sae insensible of remorse, or pity, Or the least sting cf conscience." In the scene with his daughter and Allworth, when the latter suggests to him the leaving out the name of Lord Lovell is the note which he is sending to the parson, and advises him to write merely " marry her to this person," we thought there was too much of suspicion in the steady glance which he directs, first at Allworth anti then at Margaret. If Sir Giles had been so suspicious, it is not likely he would have acceded to the suggestion with the careless remark " Well advised!" which ra. titer intimates his ready, unsuspecting acquiescence. In respect to Mr. C. Kean's performance of Sir Giles, the same defect struck us in his I.ersonal appearance as we noticed in his Richard. There seemed a want of breadth and weight in his physique ; there was not that maturity in his aspect which belongs to the confirmed and practised villain. In the earlier scenes perhaps this was visible, where Sir Giles has little to do, and where nothing but the strongest and most deeply. Let the es t e exclaiming—. b c e la broke inring— seated feeling of th e c h aracters will give effect to the otherwise insig nificant part he ha s t o per f orm. But in the last dreadful scene, a il d e fects vanished ; a n d f rom the moment when he rushes on, pa l e w i t h a uger, beating bl butar aIl h , and a " Look to th e wr iti ng: — upon the box That has slept in my cabinet these three years, I'll rack thy soul for it," to the moment when, tortured by fearful visions of coming retribution, he falls, in deathlike exhaustion—he exhibited a power of acting so Inrcible, so terrific in its impressions, that it could scarcely have been equalled, certainly never surpassed. Nothing could be finer than his chuckling malignancy and half-concealed rage, while tittering— *. I am familiar with the cause that makes you Bear up thus bravely. There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Do you hear ?—of a stolen marriage: Wherein, 'tie said, there's somebody hails been cozened — I name no parties." The countenance of horror which takes place of triumphant Villainy when the deed is discovered to be effaced— " I am overwhelmed with wonder! What prodigy is this! What subtle devil Rath razed out the inscription ?" And his mingled threatening and conciliation to Marall— " Though the witnesses are dead, your testimony, Helped with an oath or two; and for thy master, Thy liberal master, my good, honest servant ! I know thou wi:t swear anything, to dash This cunning sleight"- -were excellent, as the outbreak of vehement wrath, when he finds his " own varlet" rebel against him. When at length he discovers fully how lie has been duped, the frantic rage, almost turning to frenzied madness, was pourtrayed with terrible fidelity. In the utterance of the lineai— " Ha ! I am feeble ! Some undone widow sits upon mine arm, And my sword, glued to the scabbard with Wronged orphans' tears, will not be drawn"— Mr. Kean was too pathetic, and mistook, in our opinion, despair for remorse. He gave the final burst of despairing frenzy with fearful power and the dying look of reproachful agony which he directs cowards his daughter, while the gurgling in his throat indicates the last struggle of now impotent passion with the grasp of death, was truly awful. Of the minor characters, Wellborn and Lovell were respectably played by Cooper and H. Cooke. Mrs. Ternan well performed Lady Allwcrth : as to Margaret, Miss Poole did her best, but that was not— the best. Of Compton's Marrall we must speak in terms of high com. mendation. It was an excellent personation, and drew down, as it de served, great applause. This gentleman is a rising actor. Djwton's Justice Greedy was a good quiet piece of acting. We should mention that Mr. Kean was received throughout with unanimous applause; and at the close was called flit, and was again greeted with the enthusiastic approbation of a very crowded audience. A lengthened and very severe critique appeared a few days ago in the columns of a Morning Paper, in which 'f the satirical rogue would in sinuate" that Mr. C. Kean is a mere melodramatic actor, and lss no conception of character, nor any of the loftier elements of tragedy. We at first were inclined to notice it : but the blind hostility of the writer (we can call it by no other name) has hurried him into such pal pable, egregious blunders, that it altogether counteracts its own ends. Mr. Kean has nothing to fear from such critics. . Since writing the above we have seen our judgment so ably supported by the following critique in the Times, that we have great pleasure, (barring, of course, the political allusions which the author has some what ingeniously managed to introduce) in giving it entire : Massinger's e ell known and as much admired drama, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, was performed on Saturday evening. The author (we think erroneously) denominated the piece a Comedy. There are un doubtedly many comic scenes and man) comic characters in it; but the principal personage is so thoroughly villainous, so complete a human monster, and his exit is of a description 5..) appalling, whether we consi der him as writhing in the death-agonies of a guilty mind, or as sud •dculy smitten by mental alienation, as to take the play out of the pale of legitimate comedy, and to place it in a far more serious sphere. This drama has outlived the other works of Mes singer. His City Madam, altered by Sir J. Burgess, and produced un der the title of Riches, had a successful run, a few years since; and his Fatal Dowry, frosts which Rowe filched the the Farr Penitent, was also performed some years ago for a very limited number of nights. Both these plays were, on the score of plot, though ably and cleverly wrought, objectionable. This cannot be alleged against A New Way to Pay Old Debts. Its strong and distinct marking of character—its variety of incident—its happy illustration of domestic manners—its pure and poweriblly enforced moral—and lastly, the sterling Eiglish vigour which breathes through its every line, must render it popular so long as any remnant of just theatrical taste exists amongst us. Mr. C. Kean on this occasion appeared, for the first time in London, as Sir Giles Over reach—that fiendish incarnation of craft and cruelty. At the outset we pronounce his performance to be one of the most perfect in all its parts that we have seen for many years. Mr. Kean did not place before his auditory a strikingly effective portraiture of the leading features of the character, but he entered minutely into its finer and more subtle shades. We have seen it asserted that Mr. Charles Kean lacks con. caption of character. The assertion was made, but it was un sustained by proof; and we hold in very great contempt that use less and mischievous species of criticism which dogmatically de clares that this is good or that is bad, without giving the why or the wherefore. A critic, whether of actors or of that which they enact, should be able to adduce a reason for the faith that is in him. Now, we have attentively watched Mr. C. Kean's Hamlet and his Richard, and we could perceive no lack of conception of character. He ap peared to us thoroughly to understand each situation in which the inci dents of the drama placed him ; he appeared rightly to estimate the value of every sentence which he had to deliver, and to give to each its due weight and importance. If this be true, and we sincerely and without prejudice think that it is, the remark applies with, if possible, increased force to Mr. C. Kean's performance of Sir Giles Overreach. We had a living picture of the tyrannical and brutal master—of the base, calcu lating coveter of other men's possessions —of the wretched slave to a grovelling ambition, who would even sacrifice the maiden honour of his slaughter, that she might (his arm prevailing) become " right hon. ourable"—of the fawning creature who (like our Radicals) would lick the feet of a nobleman, in the hope of effecting an alliance with a class which, in his plebeian heart, he hated. " There having ever been," says Sir Giles, " More than a feud, a strange antipathy, Between us and true gentry." In this play the chief test of the abilities of the representative of Sir Giles is in the fith act ; but there is much in the preceding acts that re quires great skill and thoughtful care in the performer. In these acts we are led, by gradations, into a thorough knowledge into the reckless character of Sir Giles; so that when, in the exasperation of disappoint ment, he seeks to immolate his daughter, the atrocity comes not upon us by surprise—we have been prepared by his precedent conduct to ex pect the worst of deeds from a badlyambitious man. All these earlier scenes would, in the hands of an ordinary artist, have passed off as little more than matters of course. Not so with Mr. C. Kean. Every tittle of them was strongly marked—each point which tended to develop• the depraved mind and heart of Sir Giles was given with strong effect, and the whole served as a fittinginduction to the great catastrophe. In the last act Mr. C Kean's triumph was complete. He depicted, in turns, apprehension, hope, frantic disappointment, and ultimate despair, in vivid colours. Here the action is varied and strongly contrasted. Sir Giles's nephew has tricked him ; the bond by which lie held his rela tive's lands has miraculously become a sliest of blank paper. For a moment he is paralysed,—burning wrath succeeds—but the approach of (as lie supposes) his "right honourable" (laughter banishes for a mo ment his resentful feelings, and a paroxysm of frantic joy ensues. It vanishes almost as soon as it is created. The maiden has espousedthe youth of her choice—all Sir Giles's ambitious plans are thwarted — the wretched perpetrator of so many crimes, conscience-stricken, sinks on the earth, deprived of sense. Every one of these transitions was given with masterly force and fine discrimination by Mr. C. Kean. He evinced talent of the highest order in every shade and transition of the character. Whether he coaxed or threatened Marall—whether he played the fawning sycophant to Lord Lovell, or, stung wills madness, defied him to mortal eombat,—whether he attempted to wheedle his nephew, or furiously exasperated, gave him " the loud lie,"—in each and all of these positions Mr. Charles Kean gave the most unquestionable prod's of a comprehensive and vigorous mind. He conceived boldly and correctly; and what he so conceived he executed with commensurate truth and rigour. His exit was extremely well imagined. Instead of at once sinking into the arms of the attendants, he fell forward, as if suddenly stricken by a thunderbolt; and, when raised, and lowly borne away, his look was that of inanity, and his low and hysterical moanings those of a deeply_ suffering being. The applause throughout v. as very great ;at the con clusion of the play it was really enthusiastic. Mr. Keats was loudly called for, and at once came forward, and by gesture signified his grail. tude to the audience. Mr. Dowton sustained the character of that first rate gourmand Justice Greedy very humorously. He, however, does not look the character. He is not one of those " thin-gutted squires" of whom it can be said, as the cook says of Justice Greedy—, Meat's cast array upon him. It never thrives." The part of Mandl was admirably played by Mr. Compton. Without elibrt, without straining, without grimacing, but taking all smoothly and quietly, he kept the audience in a continual roar of laughter. We shall not soon forget his look of bewilderment and bepuzzlement (as Lord Brougham would phrase it), and his grotesque action when he finds himself, contrary to all human calculation, invited not only to dine with Lady Allworth, but to salute her. Mr. Cooper sustained the part of Wellborn judiciously, lie gave the most exquisitely written and touch ing appeal of the broken-down spendthrift to Lady Allworth with consi derable feeling. A gentleman of nobler port or bearing than Mr. H. Cooke can boast, ought to personate Lord Lovell, the courtier and the soldier. Lady Allworth found an agreeable representative in Mrs. Ter. nan. The house was crow.d in every part from the pit to the slips. AMUSEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. At Drury-lane, every evening, save on Wednesday and Friday, when there will be no performance.—Mr. Kean will appear to-night and Thursday, as Glo'stcr, in Richard the Third ; with, to-Light, Blue Beard ; tomorrow, Hamlet ; and on Saturday, second time, as Sir Giles Overreach, in Massinger's pay of A New Way to pay Old Debts. At Covent-Garden to-night, Mr. Macready will perform Macbeth, with Auber's opera of Fra Diavolo. To-morrow and Thursday, Mr. Bulwer's new play of The Lady of Lyons, with, to-morrow, Amilie ; or, The Love Test ; and, on Thurs day, with The Original and Joan of Arc. At the Adelphi, to-night, to-morrow, Thursday, and Satur day, Mr. Power will resume his performance in Rory O'More ; after which, The Black Domino, followed by the farce of More Blunders than One, in which Mr. Power will perform Larry Hoolaghan ; and The Gnome ;.Fly, in which Signor Hervio Nano will appear. The Olympic presents to-night, the last new burletta of You can't marry your Grandmother ; after which, One Hour ; or, the Carnival Ball ; Shocking Events, and He would be an Actor. At the St. James's, to-night, will be produced a new operetta, with music by Auber, called The Ambassadress, in which Mr. Braharn, Madame Sala, the Misses Smith, and Miss Rainforth, will support the principal characters, to be succeeded by The Fatal Secret, Jenny Jones, and The Spitalfields Weaver. . . _ The City of London (Norton Falgate), to-right, and during the week, except to-morrow, will be presented The Dream at Sea, %vitt' Teddy the Tiler, and My Sister Kate ; and to-morrow, for the benefit of Mr. Stirling, stage manager, Weber's opera of I)er Freischutz, after which Seventy and Seventeen, and the opera of Gustavus. At the Surrey, to-morrow, Thursday, and Saturday, Mrs. Nisbett will make her appearance in the drama of Zarah, and as Mrs. Trictrac and Cornet Fitzhenry in The Married Rake, to conclude with Hassan Pacha ; or, The Arab's Leap, in which the Bedouin Arabs will appear. On Wednesday and Friday Mr. and Mrs. Yates and Mrs. .Nisbett will perform in A Maiden's Panic, and Signor Hervio Nano in The Gnome Fly, concluding with Hassan Pacha. The Victoria, to-morrow and during the week, excepting Wednesday, the play of Pizarro, with The Young Widow, and the drama of Louise, and on Wednesday, for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Hooper, a variety of entertainments, sup ported by the principal comic and vocal strength of the Drury-lane company. CHURCH REFORM. The Rev. Mr. Elliss, Evening Lecturer to the parish of St. Mary-le-Str an d, h as b een f or s o me tim e d es i rous o f re signing his situation, and the Rev. Mr. Shute, one of the Canons of St. Pauls, has been officiating in his stead. Mr. Elliss having resigned, and the place declared vacant, several gentlemen have become candidates for the appointment which is in the parishioners. Last week a vestry was held for the purpose of receiving the names and testimonials of candidates, when a letter was read to the meeting addressed to the Rev. J. F. Denham, by the Right Rev. Bishop of London, forbidding him to grant the use of the pulpit to preach the usual probationary sermons by the candidates. The advantage thus given by the Bishop of London in favour of Mr. Shute, places themher'gentlemen in a situation of difficulty, no opportunity being afforded then of exibiting their talents, and the parishioners almost deprived of any choice in a matter which so intimately conceras their present and future welfare. The Right Rev. Prelate's con, duct was not, however, permitted to pass unnotices even kr this small but ultra-Tory parish. After the letter was read a spirited inhabitant moved the following resolution, which was carried unanimously :—" That the interference of the Bishop of London, in directing the Curate not to allow any Clergy man to preach a probationary sermon (as it is called) in the pulpit of the Church, is unjust and uncalled for, and tending to stifle that necessary and fair inquiry after truth and know ledge on the part of the rate-payers, so desirable for tbeir present good and future . welfare." Ca n it b e matter of su,r, prise after this specimen of the Bi s h o p' s i n t o l erance th at. th e Di sse nters are increasing ? ERRATUM.—In an advertisement, headed " Mnrdan's Chromapolygons," inserted in our Paper of Monday last, fur " work-houses " read "work-boxes." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS_ In all communities there are to be found men like Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Leader, eaten up with st lf conceit and personal vanity, who, anxious for notoriety, and unable to distinguish themselves by labours entitling them to the approbation of their fellow-citizens, seek to make them selves of importance by the mischief they can effect. The self-sufficiency of both these gentlemen, with the slender na ture of their qualifications, has always made them peculiarly obnoxious to all who came in contact with them in their pub lic capacity ; and it may be said with truth, that of the little knot of half a dozen at the utmost who have set themselves up as infallible oracles for the three kingdoms, the above two have been most successful in rendering themselves the objects of general dislike. Mr. Roebuck, with all his faults-- his spleen, and his waspishness, and his violence, and the want of the self-controul indispensable to all who hope to acquire and retain an influence as pub lic men--was not one who could with safety be despised, arid much was endured from him, in the House of Commons, which is found revolting in gentlemen of the very slender endowments of Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Leader. The very idea of these men setting themselves up as leaders of a party is absolutely preposterous. It may not be known to many of our readers that these two self-important personages have literally constituted themselves political leaders and issued their engraved cards, marked " for business" in the corner, inviting the attendance of Members of the House of Commons to receive their directions. We need hardly ob serve that most of those who were thus invited by these self constituted political leaders thought the invitation, to say the least of it, a piece of liberty which they were not en titled to take, and it will not surprise our readers that only three in all obeyed the summons. If they were capable of taking a hint, they might see from this instance that though assurance mill often do much in this world, yet, when the proportion between the station claimed by in dividuals and their ability to support it is so very unequal, no degree of assurance will be found to avail. Even mischief making will not obtain for them the consequence of which they are ambitious, for when men like them cease to obtain credit for good intentions, they soon loose every thing which can keep them afloat. In one respect, however, their chief objects in public life, the acquisition of notoriety and indul gence of personal vanity, are likely to be gratified by the mo tion of which Sir William Molesworth has given notice for to-morrow, expressive of a want of confidence in Lord Gle nelg. The House of Commons, from what we hear, will be better attended on that occason than the salons of Sir Wm. Molesworth and Mr. Leader were by the Reformers whom they summoned " for business" on one day in the last week. The Tories are flocking from all quarters—the lame the halt, and the blind—in expectation of the same game succeeding, by an union between the Ultra-Radicals and themselves in the House of Commons, which was played so much to the credit of both in the Marylebone election. Their only doubt of success would seem, from the abuse of their leader in their Sunday Press, to bang on the conduct of Sir Robert Peel, who may naturally be disposed to dislike equally taking a part in this righteous combination and the consequences and responsibility in which it will involve him. Every Tory Member is, how ever, to be in his place, and the tail are advancing to drive on the head, assuming that the Radicals are to desert the cause of Reform and common sense on this occasion. We believe they reckon without their host. Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Leader will not find the Reformers such puppets in their hands as they imagine. They certainly invited many more Members, on whose credulity they supposed their consequence would enable them to impose, to their " business meetings," than would be sufficient for Tory purposes; but as they could only boast in the end of two or at most three adherents, we may take this as a test of the estimation in which they and their projects are held. In fact, even among those who are most dissatisfied with the conduct of Government at the be ginning of the Session, and more especially the determined opposition to the Ballot, such as the honest and determined Reformers of Birmingham and men like them, no countenance will be given to projects for breaking up the Government. They may be angry with the Government, but they have not forgotten either what the Government has done, or the diffi culties with which it had to struggle, frem the persevering efforts of the Tories, and most assuredly they would never for give any public men who in a moment of recklessness should throw the Government into the hands of the determined enemies of all improvement. The good sense of the public would survive any temporary irritation at the conduct of Ministers, and we are as confident of this as we can be confident of any thing, that the contrie Luting in any manner to the breaking up of the pre sent Administration:would be a final and irreversible ser. tense of condemnation against all against whom such a charge could be proved. Colonel Thompson may write anti speak paradoxes, and occupy himself with crotchets to eternity—he need never more dream of public farmer, Whoever acts the same part may lay his account with the same fate. We hope we have said enough to call every Liberal Member to his post. No sensible Reformer can be at a loss how to act. It is believed that it is the intention of Sir Robert Peel or Lord Francis Egerton to move to-morrow, by way of amendment to Sir William Molesworth's motion, the extension of the resolution to the whole Administration, so as to express a want of confidence in the Cabinet at large. The Tories are boasting already th a t th ey s h a ll h ave the making of the Coronation Peers. Reformers can require no prompting from us to instruct them in their duty. Whoever does not wish the restoration of the Tories to power and influence, in flamed by the danger they have incurred, with a desire tee spare no means to secure themselves against the people in time to come, ought to sink all minor differences, and be at his post to-morrow night. Let not the Tories force them selves into office through the treachery or the stupidity of Reformers.—Morning Chronicle. Some of the rabid and disappointed Radicals, who can only acquire importance in times of trouble and storm, are in ecstaties at the prospect which the Molesworth-Lyndhurst plot offers of restoring the hungry Tories'to place and pay. Do we live to write it? To he sure we do, although at one time) we should have thought it impossible, that Pee! with his hang and shabby tail of Tory expectants, comprising the laisses, Praeds, and Bonhams, is now the "rose and expeeeancy of the fair state," the very political Messiah of rampant Radi calism. After all, your ultra-Radicals arc art 'unaccountable sort of animals, and so intent arc they upon having all they wish, that the man who refuses their entire demand, and kicks and buffets them for having the insolence to ask it, stands a much better chanco of winning their friendship, than the one who is willing to grant all that app ears rea sonable in it. Only think o f flying away from those who are willing to proceed with you a considerable way, into the arms of o:hers who are determined not to stir a step ! If Peel took office to-morrow, would the question of Ballot short Parliaments, or the extension of the Suffrage be ad vanced ? Certainly not. But then there is the Poor Lave Amendment Bill, which some Tories pretend to detest, beet which nearly all of them supported, and which the Times; in daily diatribes abuses would be repealed. Of a verity it would not, if either the Duke of Wellington or Sir Robert Peel could prevent it, unless they aro prepared and we will not do them the injustice to hint that they are—to make a wheel-about in the face of their own deliberate and pub lished opinions upon the subject. No, the real truth is, and it is impossible to deny it, that Sir Robert Peel is, in his opi nion, a great man in opposition, and a very Goliah when he has no other duty to perform than that of throwing obstacles in the way of the existing Administrrtion, or snarling at their policy. Rymer attempted to write dow Shakspearc, and one Lander found it easier to abuse the imperishable works of Milton than to imitate them ; and Sir Robert Peel, a worthy fol lower, discovers how much more convenient it is to grumble at the imputed failings of others than to do anything ve"ty wonderful himself. ‘Ve never had a very high opinitr a of the qualities, or indeed of the talents, in any shape, eft' the Tamworth Baronet, the Jesuit of Toryism, and cor,sidered him always a superficial frothy spouter, possessing a,. , match less intrepidity of face," with an utter want of t'ne real sta mina of action. But we must confess that 'tie has of late fallen even lower in our estimation than he e i oreviously stood, and that he appears to be more the slave 'of party, and the anxious aspirant, at any risk, or any price, for office, than we ever before gave him credit for. i'Ve know that the Duke of Wellington, whose singlemindedness will not he questioned, has long been ready resolutely to resist the insane schemes of the more hot-headed of the Tory party. And wherefero is it that Sir R. Peel—who professes to entertain the very same views, upon this matter, as the Duke of Wel lington—has not—not sneakingly, and by a side wind, but openly and manfully—denounced the wild and un principled course which a portion of 'his party have adopted ? Sir Robert Peel should not, 'peril the peace and prosperity of the empire merely to gratify a few ambitious young men, and a knot of place- bunting Irish Parliamentary lawyers, who, having squandered large sums of money in election speculations, wish to, be invested with the ermine, and scramble to the bench at a P .I hazards. If Sir Robert were an honest and honourable politician, he would issue another Tamworth manifesto, 'and forbearing to abuse the Whigs, era lighten the ultra neetion of his supporters concerning the course he would seeer, if again placed at the head of of airs. He should tell tbem plainly and explicitly what he intends to do with reference to the Poor-law Amendment Bill in this county. He should inform them evhether he thinks that after his own Bill of 1829, Ireland can be governed on that ascend ancy principle which the Times and Standard recommend, and the anticipation of which event is the sole inducement for the Shaws, Littons, and Lefrey s now to support him. Let him once do this, and then measure swords with the Melbourne Administration upon amy great national question, and he will find himself deserted by a hoast of his Tory " Thanes." He will not do so, ar.et therefore we maintain that be is politically dishonest. He, acts hypocritically, and would seek office, D'et for the purpose of pursuing a different line of policy from, that laid down by the present Administration, but actually 4 ,0 carry the very m ea s ures w hi c h t h ey h a d concocte d . Ar.d for this the country is to be th rown i n t o con f us i on , an d t h e, chaotic ele meats of faction brought into play to achieve ate object that we are sure Sir Robert Peel, and some such unceeeeptionable cha racters as Sir Henry Ilardinge and. Sir Ge ore Murray, would blush to acknowledge. But it is,all folly. They may attempt the overthrow of the present 'adminiseration, and they may succeed; but their existencee as a Government will be only a six weeks' wonder at most 't_ilfornikg Advertiser. The Whig, and Whi.g-Radical press has been rendered ea vage by the defeat in. Marylebone of Mr. Ewart I The Con servatives betve triuenphed, we are assured by the Ministerial journalist- a , only through the treachery of the ultra-Radical t Colonel Thompson and Mr. Murphy, therefore, are, as a mat ter of course, abused by the supporters of the Whigs, with thee copiousness of invective, which is wont to characterise ero,en who have lost their temper ! That the Whig-Radical statement on this subject has no foundation in fact, has been. shown, with his usual acuteness, by our Contemporary flue Standard. The number of Whig-Radical voters at the pry. tent election is not smaller than at any previoas election, §peee